Weather-strip.



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UNITED STATES.

DAVID I-I. URKEY, or ALLEGIIENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

PATENT FFICE WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,230, dated February11, 1902.

n Application led November 19,01.. Serial No. 82,343. (No model.)

useful improvements in weather-strips, par# ticularly to that classadapted to be engaged by the lower edge of a :hinged or swingingv door,and has for its object to construct a strip of this nature that will beeffective in preventing wind, rain, frost, &c., from passing through thecrevice ordinarily found unL derneath hinged or swinging doors.

Briey described, the invention consists of a metal strip which hasbeveled sides and is grooved throughout its upper face, in which jgroove is placed a heavy rubber tube adapted to be engaged 'by the loweredge of the door to form a seal therewith. Theqmetal strip may, ifdesired, be countersunk into the floor and only apart of the rubber tubeallowed to project above the floor to be engaged by the lower edge ofthedoor. The groove in the strip is made sufficiently deep that packingmaterial of a suitable nature may be placed therein underneath therubber tube in order to have a greater or less portion of the latterproject above the strip.v 'Y

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, whereinlike numerals of referencewill be employed to indicate like partsthroughout the several views, and in which- Figure -1 is a-detailperspective view of the strip,.showing a portion ofthe door inl dottedlines. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the strip. Fig. 3 is a transversevertical sectional view thereof. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional Viewof the strip countersunk in the door, and Fig, 5 is a transverseverticalsectional viewof the same.

In Fig. 1 I showa form of stripadapted to be connected to the top of theioor, and this strip is placed within the doorway. This strip l ispreferably made of metal and is made with beveled sides 2 and providedwith i the face of the iioor.

apertures 3 to receive wood-screws or other suitable fastening means.The strip when it is made in this form is preferably cut away at theends, so as to form projections 4,which are adapted to abut against thestrips secured adapted to receive a heavy rubber tube 6.

This n The groove is made sufficiently deep that thek rubber tube w-illlie therein with the greater portion thereof Within the groove, and itis alsomade suiciently deepto permit the placing of a layer of packingmaterial 7 therein.

In the form of construction shown in-Figs. 4 and 5 the strip l iscouutersunk in the floor 2', so -that the upper face thereof is flushwith This strip l is also pro=` vided with a groove 3" in the upperface, throughout the length thereof, to receive the Arubber tube 4',underneath which 4is placed a packing 5. The thickness of this packingmaterial may be increased or decreased in `either of the forms of thestrip shown in order Having fully described my invention, what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A weather strip comprising an integral metal strip grooved throughoutits length` on its upper face, a packing arranged in the bottom of saidgroove throughout the entire length thereof, a heavy rubber tube ittedin said groove with its bottom engaging the upper face of the packing,the side walls of said groove engaging the sides of said rubber tube yand securing the same b vdfrictional contact therewith, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature Witnesses:

JOHN NoLAND, A. M. `WILSON.v

